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1855 Springfield Rifle
... the rifled muskets until 1861, by 1865 more than 20 armories were producing ...

Alexander Stephens
... arrest for treason on May 11, 1865 in Crawfordville, Georgia came a day ...

Battle of Appomattox
... his rear guard. On mdy:April 4, 1865 Lee wired the quartermaster in Lynchburg, ...

Edmund Ruffin
... River, Marlbourne. On Saturday, June 17th, 1865, Ruffin ate breakfast, visited with some ...

Edward O. C. Ord
... on the night of mdy:April 8, 1865, Edward Otho Cresap Ord's presence spelled ...

Election of 1876
... that had been in place since 1865. After the Civil War, the Republican ...

Ford's Theater
... the building from looters. In July, 1865 an attempt to reopen the theater ...

George Armstrong Custer
... of Northern Virginia. On March 31, 1865, Custer, Sheridan and Wesley Merritt engaged ...

James Garfield
... Committee. When Lincoln was assassinated in 1865, Garfield was in the New York ...

Joseph E. Johnston
... the following morning. On February 16, 1865, Joseph E. Johnston was given overall ... had given Lee on April 26, 1865. Until the rise of the "Virg

Official Records
... North Georgia. November 14, 1864-January 22, 1865. Part I - Reports, Union ... Maryland, and Pennsylvania. January 1-June 30, 1865. Part I - Repor

P. G. T. Beauregard
... which they did on April 26, 1865. ==After the War== Following the surrender, ...

Radical Republicans
... Democrat." In The Old Guard, April, 1865, the term was defined: "A radical ...

Salmon P. Chase
... Chase's mission proved unnecessary. In December, 1865, the 13th Amendment made slavery illegal ...

Samuel Heintzelman
... for the protection of Washington from 1863-1865.

Surrender At Appomattox
... APPOMATTOX C. H., VA., Ap 19th, 1865. GEN. R. E. LEE, Comd'g C. ... ARMY OF NORTHERN VIRGINIA, April 9, 1865. GENERAL:—I received your letter of

Surrender Letters
Between date:April 7 and date:April 9, year:1865 Generals Ulysses S. Grant and Robert ... U. S., 5 P.M., April 7, 1865. GENERAL R. E. LEE Commanding C

Telegraph
... About 1:30 pm on mdy:April 9, 1865, Lee surrendered to Ulysses S. Grant

The Civil War
... at Appomattox on mdy:April 9, 1865. This, according to proponents, marks the ... research we settled on mdy:May 10, 1865 for a number of reasons.

William Farrar Smith
... Army of the James in January, 1865, his first choice was "Baldy" Smith. ...